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Every morning is a fresh beginning,Listen my soul to the glad refrain.And, spite of old sorrowsAnd older sinning,Troubles forecastedAnd possible pain,Take heart with the day and begin again.

Susan Coolidge

Happy New Year from Great River Radio! We are coming back to you this afternoon with our favorites (we aren’t going to use the word ‘best’ for this list) from 2012. It was a very good year for music, in our opinion. From a long list of great songs, we’ve come up with a playlist that you’re going to love.

If you’ve been listening and paying attention to GRR in the last year, you’ll know many of these songs, but I guarantee that you’ll hear some things that will be new to you, as well. Nick Waterhouse and Australia’s Tame Impala will kick the show off with energy and their neo sounds of R&B and psychedelia. Trampled By Turtles, The Pines and Chastity Brown will represent the many local artists who had a good year in 2012. The old masters will be represented by Leonard Cohen, Greg Brown, Dr. John and Mr. Bruce Springsteen. Young artists we saw and loved last year are on this list, too, including Patrick Watson, John Fullbright and Field Report. And if you are expecting Dylan, here is what I’ll do for you: two of the best Dylan covers I’ve ever heard.

I think you’ll like this show – and let me know what you loved in 2012 that I missed.

This afternoon on Great River Radio, coming to you from the University of St. Thomas’ KUST.

Leave a light on in the wildCause I’m coming in a little blindDreamer of a lighthouse in the woodsShining a little light to bring us back homeWent to find you in the backyardHiding behind our busy livesDreamer of a lighthouse in the woodsTo help us get back into the worldCause I know I’ve seen you beforeWon’t you shine a little light on us now?Won’t you shine a little light in your own backyard?Won’t you shine a little light in your own backyard?Dreamer of a lighthouse in the woods

Patrick Watson “Lighthouse”

It is getting dark and colder as we approach the end of the year and the end of the school term. At the same time, we approach the holidays, which offer many a kind of lighthouse at this time of year. It is certain to get busier over the coming days and weeks and this afternoon Great River Radio hopes to offer you a little calm before the chaos, a little light and warmth this chilly afternoon.

We saw Patrick Watson open his show last weekend with “Lighthouse” and it was unforgettable, he at the piano with little lights on his fingers but otherwise playing in darkness. It was beautiful and impressionistic and the rest of the show continued to be riveting. We’ll hear that track this afternoon, along with new music from Cat Power, Tame Impala, and Iris DeMent and husband Greg Brown from their new and well regarded records. We’ll also go back to a few favorites from the year, as we anticipate those year-end best of lists and our own 2012 faves show which we hope to do in January. Candidates for my list will include Leonard Cohen, The Tallest Man on Earth, The Pines and Michael Kiwanuka.

I’m also enjoying a couple newer discoveries, North Carolina’s Delta Rae (with a wonderful song “Forgive the Children We Once Were”) and LA’s Lavender Diamond.

Yesterday, The New Standards released their latest collection and we’ll listen to their lovely version of Arcade Fire’s “No Cars Go.”

That and more this afternoon on Great River Radio, coming to you from the University of St. Thomas’ KUST Radio.

…and I am perpetually waitingfor the fleeing lovers on the Grecian Urnto catch each other up at lastand embraceand I am awaitingperpetually and forevera renaissance of wonderFrom “I Am Waiting” (Lawrence Ferlinghetti)

The Great River Radio playlist always represents the mood of your hosts and the thoughts that are on our minds in the days before the show. This week has been a thoughtful one for Brian and Dan. We are in the midst of another stunning autumn day, apparently caught in some bubble of glorious weather. In Minnesota we do not take days like this for granted, especially at this time of year. We know what comes next…in the words of DeVotchKa – “you already know how this will end”… so we find ourselves both savoring the present and waiting for what is around the corner. We humans do spend a good amount of time waiting: waiting to grow up, waiting to commence, waiting for that good thing to happen, waiting for that bad thing to stop happening, waiting for dawn to arrive, for peace, for a child to come home.

Today on Great River Radio, we’ll be doing a set of songs on waiting, from some of our favorite bands: Dawes, Delta Spirit, Steve Earle (and his sister Stacey), Arcade Fire, Mavis Staples and Patty Griffin. We’ll also be listening and talking about the new Sufjan Stevens album “The Age of Adz”. There’ll be a set of songs about letters (the kind you write to people, on paper…remember those?) from Arcade Fire and Wilco and others and some songs with horns – tune in to hear three of the greatest horn solos of all time. Finally, you think you’ve heard the old Stephen Foster song “Oh Susannah”? Think again!

We are always excited about GRR, but today will be special. (In fact, we can’t wait!)

Playlist
Big Sun Falling in the River-Richard Thompson
How It Ends-DeVotchKa
Futile Devices-Sufjan Stevens
Solitude Is Bliss-Tame Impala
Before I Die-Roma di Luna
Penny Lane-The Beatles
Shipbuilding-Elvis Costello
What Does It Take To Win Your Love-Junior Walker and the All Stars
When My Time Comes -Dawes
I’m Waiting-Delta Spirit
Waiting-The Feelies
I Can Wait-Steve Earle
Waiting-Stacey Earle
Waiting For My Child To Come Home-Mavis Staples and Patty Griffin
Oh! Susannah-Ruthie Foster
Pilot Light-Chris Koza
We Used to Wait-Arcade Fire
Box Full of Letters-Wilco
Letter Never Sent-REM
Conversation 16-The National